Skip to content
The Daily Haymaker

The Daily Haymaker

Carolina-flavored conservative commentary

  • HOME
  • Josh Stein
  • Phil Berger
  • NC legislature
  • Thom Tillis
  • Balanced Nutrition
  • The SCC Files
  • EMAIL US

ECU’s med school $$$ woes? (Sad, but problem is BIGGER than another govt bailout can fix.)

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys are telling us that the medical school at East Carolina is in deep trouble: The chancellor of East Carolina University says the medical school in Greenville could close

Continue reading
Education, NC legislature, NC State Government
4 comments

Farewell to a giant

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It hit like a ton of bricks when I got the news alert on my phone this morning regarding the passing of Coach Dean Smith.  I had been following his

Continue reading
Media
One comment

Chickens coming home to roost for SEANC’s Cope?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Dana Cope has stepped on some powerful toes during his tenure as head of the state employees union here in North Carolina.  Most of them have been on the starboard

Continue reading
Media, NC State Government, Politics
2 comments

TN says Noooooooo to expanding Medicaid. (Gov. Pat, take note.)

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Tennessee’s moderate Republican governor has been talking up the idea of expanding Medicaid — which is basically the implementation of ObamaCare. He traveled to DC to talk up the strategy with feds.

Continue reading
Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, ObamaCare, Pat McCrory
3 comments

Monkey Business Report: Welcome to Madison County!

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The politicians in Madison County are showing that they can hold their own with their neighbors in Haywood County.   We’ve received word of some antics during a recent meeting of the

Continue reading
Law & Order, Media
6 comments

Backdoor moves to swell the ranks of the dependent, implement ObamaCare in North Carolina?

Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In 2013, the General Assembly swatted down federal money to help implement ObamaCare in North Carolina. That may have appeared to be a setback for the statism crowd, but recent

Continue reading
Congress, Economy, Media, NC legislature, ObamaCare
One comment

The U.S.’s coming demographic suicide?

Posted on February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s the thesis of an eye-opening essay on The Federalist web site:  President Obama’s most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that while Republicans need his

Continue reading
Congress, Economy
One comment

Alamance legislators seek no-bid, no rules food deal for county jail

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It certainly looks innocent enough when you read it:  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE MAY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOOD

Continue reading
Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP
2 comments

Ellmers: ‘I was, um, like, MISQUOTED, or something. ‘

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Big Govt Barbie has been prancing around DC proclaiming herself the champion of millenial women.  Well, she got a surprising earful from some millenial women who were pretty miffed at

Continue reading
Congress, Renee Ellmers
7 comments

#ncga: An end to ETJs?

Posted on February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Extraterritorial jurisdictions have been a source of controversy for years.  Muncipal leaders and their advocates LOVE them.  They gain influence over territory and residents who can’t even vote for them.

Continue reading
Media, NC legislature
2 comments

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 … 464 465 466 467 468 … 721 Next Posts»

Follow Us

  • truthsocial
  • X
  • rumble

Search Our Archives

Recent Comments

  • Toxhandler on Speaker Hall: Let DC pick our next US senator FOR US
  • Reaganite on Speaker Hall: Let DC pick our next US senator FOR US
  • Reaganite on Thommy Boy’s Themper Thantrum and the *Medicaid Scam*
  • Michele Woodhouse on Thommy Boy’s Themper Thantrum and the *Medicaid Scam*
  • Reaganite on Thommy Boy’s Themper Thantrum and the *Medicaid Scam*
  • Jackson on Thommy Boy’s Themper Thantrum and the *Medicaid Scam*
  • jwmson on Thommy Boy’s Themper Thantrum and the *Medicaid Scam*
  • Kirk on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Dallas Woodhouse on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Reaganite on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Larry H Holmquist on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Stewart McGuire on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • jwmson on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Congriftman Tim Moore on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Southwest Time on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection
  • Reaganite on Tillis (apparently) not running for reelection

Blogroll

  • American Conservative
  • American Spectator
  • Beaufort Observer
  • BizPacReview
  • BobLee Says
  • Breitbart
  • Campus Reform
  • Chronicles
  • Citizen Free Press
  • College Fix
  • Conservapedia
  • Conservative Treehouse
  • Daily Signal
  • Deep Capture
  • FitsNews (SC)
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Gateway Pundit
  • Instapundit
  • Legal Insurrection
  • National Pulse
  • Post Millenial
  • Power Line
  • Rush Limbaugh
  • Taki's Magazine
  • Triad Conservative
  • Turning Point USA
  • Victor Davis Hanson
WordPress Theme: Donovan by ThemeZee.